Hi! My name is Jennifer….

This is me... (forget that this picture is a few years old, I still have black hair and that's what counts!)

I’m not Ree Drummond from Pioneer Woman.
I’m not Heidi Swanson from 101 Cookbooks.

Both are professionals at cooking and photography in comparison to me.

I love to bake.
I like to cook.
I dislike laundry.
I hate dishes.

Photography has been something I love, along with pottery, that got put nearly out of my mind since high school ended. I’m mediocre at best at all of them.  This blog is my rise from mediocrity not only in the kitchen but behind the camera and arts/crafts in general; because sewing nothing but blankets gets old. Faced with changes in 2011 we’ve had to make sacrifices, but making sacrifices doesn’t mean we have to resort to being unhealthy. In the past my blog was largely food based, but now I want to encompass everything that makes up my quirky life.

More important that any pictures, crafts, or recipes are two titles I hold.  Mother, and “Girlfriend”.

I have an almost 7 year old daughter named Nola who loves to dance, has said she wants to be a singer, and loves learning things about the human body (a picture of a real heart did not phase her, but she screamed at a picture of a black panther).  O_o

I have a 4 year old daughter named Sophia who is too smart for her own good, loves to sing along to Adelle and Katy Perry, and still thinks mommy and daddies bed is STILL > her own bed. 

The “Girlfriend” title is put in quotes because it’s not really accurate.  I’ve been with David for nearly 6 years. In 2010 he adopted Nola, and in 2011 we legally became domestic partners. All titles aside he’s my best friend, soul mate, and the man I fully intend to grow old and senile with. 

I hope you enjoy my little slice of the internets.